diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/global_data.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/global_data.h
index e459a5dc9494d63857b8fbcbf7b7680a50398326..2a84d27a4e15e10a86cc5842eae25e80d21981e1 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/global_data.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/global_data.h
@@ -55,7 +55,9 @@ typedef	struct	global_data {
 	unsigned long	plla_rate_hz;
 	unsigned long	pllb_rate_hz;
 	unsigned long	at91_pllb_usb_init;
-	/* "static data" needed by at91's timer.c */
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARM
+	/* "static data" needed by most of timer.c on ARM platforms */
 	unsigned long	timer_rate_hz;
 	unsigned long	tbl;
 	unsigned long	tbu;